I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...
Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...
Despite their ingenuity, small farms are being pushed to the margins of California’s celebrated ag-tech boom.” ...
Recent data from the US Department of Agriculture demonstrates the important role small farms play in our food system. Mike Davis has more. Davis: Small farms are often at the center of the discussion ...
I’ll take the opportunity in this agriculture focused edition of the Sonoma Gazette to share my recent experiences starting a small produce vegetable farm in the county. Introducing Family and Friends ...